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Yaël Dayan (born 2 December 1939) is an Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i writer and political figure.

daughter of Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan

Moshe Dayan, was an Israeli military leader and politician. The fourth Ramatkal of the Israel Defense Forces , he became a fighting symbol to the world of the new Israel....
 and granddaughter of Shmuel Dayan
Shmuel Dayan

Shmuel Dayan was a Zionism activist during the British Mandate of Palestine and an Israeli politician who served in the first three Knessets....
, both politicians in Israel's early years of statehood, Yael was born in Nahalal
Nahalal

Nahalal , is a moshav in northern Israel. Covering 8,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 913....
. After her national service
National service

National service is a common name for mandatory or voluntary government service programs . National service was common in the 20th century, and many young people spent one or more years in such programs....
 in the Israel Defense Forces
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
 in which she served as a Lieutenant in the IDF Spokesman's Office, Dayan studied International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel's oldest university.The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann....
 as well as Biology though the Open University of Israel
Open University of Israel

The Open University of Israel is a distance education university in Israel and is one of the country's major university. , the Open University teaches around 39,000 students....
. She later married Dov Sion (now deceased) and had two children.

She first made a name for herself as an author and newspaper columnist.






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Yaël Dayan (born 2 December 1939) is an Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i writer and political figure.

Career

The daughter of Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan

Moshe Dayan, was an Israeli military leader and politician. The fourth Ramatkal of the Israel Defense Forces , he became a fighting symbol to the world of the new Israel....
 and granddaughter of Shmuel Dayan
Shmuel Dayan

Shmuel Dayan was a Zionism activist during the British Mandate of Palestine and an Israeli politician who served in the first three Knessets....
, both politicians in Israel's early years of statehood, Yael was born in Nahalal
Nahalal

Nahalal , is a moshav in northern Israel. Covering 8,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 913....
. After her national service
National service

National service is a common name for mandatory or voluntary government service programs . National service was common in the 20th century, and many young people spent one or more years in such programs....
 in the Israel Defense Forces
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
 in which she served as a Lieutenant in the IDF Spokesman's Office, Dayan studied International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel's oldest university.The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann....
 as well as Biology though the Open University of Israel
Open University of Israel

The Open University of Israel is a distance education university in Israel and is one of the country's major university. , the Open University teaches around 39,000 students....
. She later married Dov Sion (now deceased) and had two children.

She first made a name for herself as an author and newspaper columnist. She has published five novels as well as a memoir
Memoir

As a literature genre, a memoir , or a reminiscence, forms a subclass of autobiography ? although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are today almost interchangeable....
 of the Six-Day War
Six-Day War

In the Six-Day War of June 5-10, 1967, Israel defeated the armies of the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. In Arabic, the war is called ....
 called Israel Journal: June 1967 and a biography
Biography

A biography is a description of someone's life, usually published in the form of a book or essay, or in some other form, such as a film. An autobiography is a biography by the same person it is about....
 of her father called My Father, His Daughter.

Dayan became a peace activist, joining the leadership of Peace Now
Peace Now

Peace Now is a Left-wing politics non-governmental organization in Israel with the agenda of "swaying popular opinion and convincing the Israeli government of the need and possibility for achieving a just peace and a historic conciliation with the Palestinian people and neighboring Arab world; this in exchange for a territorial settlement ba...
, and was also involved in Bat Shalom
Bat Shalom

Bat Shalom is one of the smaller organizations of the Coalition of Women for a Just Peace. Bat Shalom is a feminism grassroots organization of Jewish and Palestinian people Israeli women working together towards peace, a just resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, respect for human rights, and an equal voice for Jewish and Arab women...
, the International Center for Peace and the Council for Peace and Security, giving lectures around the world on the topics of peace and security.

In Israel she has also been involved in Human, Women's and LGBT rights.

In 1992, Dayan was elected
Israeli legislative election, 1992

Elections for the thirteenth Knesset were held in Israel on 23 June, 1992. The result was a victory for the left, led by Yitzhak Rabin's Labor Party , though their win was at least partially due to several small right-wing parties narrowly failing to cross the Election threshold and thus effectively wasting votes for the right....
 to the Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 on the Labour list and served as chairwoman of the Committee on the Status of Women. She was instrumental in pushing forward Israel's sexual harassment
Sexual harassment

Sexual harassment is unwelcome attention of a sexual nature and is a form of illegal and social harassment. It includes a range of behavior from seemingly mild transgressions and annoyances to actual sexual abuse or sexual assault....
 law in the 1990s.

Re-elected
Israeli legislative election, 1996

Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel alongside the first ever Israeli prime ministerial election, 1996 on 29 May, 1996. Voter turnout was 79.3%....
 in 1996 and 1999 (as a member of One Israel
One Israel

One Israel was an alliance of the Labor Party , Meimad and Gesher created to run for the Israeli legislative election, 1999....
, an alliance of Labour, Meimad
Meimad

Meimad is a left-wing Religious Zionism List of political parties in Israel in Israel. Founded in 1999, it is based on the ideology of the Meimad movement founded in 1988 by Rabbi Yehuda Amital....
 and Gesher), Dayan became chairwoman of the Committee on the Status of Women for a second time in 1999.

She lost her seat in the 2003 elections, and left Labour to join Meretz
Meretz-Yachad

The New Movement-Meretz , previously known as Meretz, then Yachad, and then Meretz-Yachad is a left-wing, Zionist, Social democracy List of political parties in Israel in Israel, which emphasizes the Israeli peace camp, human rights, religious freedom and green politics....
 with Yossi Beilin
Yossi Beilin

Dr. Yosef "Yossi" Beilin is a left-wing Israeli politician and a former Knesset member, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel and Justice Minister of Israel, representing both the Israeli Labor Party and Meretz-Yachad, of which he served as chairman between 2003 and 2006....
. Dayan headed the Meretz list in the Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
 municipal elections in 2004, with the party winning 5 out of 31 Seats on council and joining Ron Huldai
Ron Huldai

Ron Huldai is an Israeli politician and former fighter pilot, and the current mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo. He was born in 1944 in Hulda, Israel to Poland parents from L?dz....
's coalition. Dayan is Deputy Mayor and responsible for social services.

Bibiliography


Fiction

  • New Face In The Mirror - 1959
  • Envy The Frightened - 1961
  • Dust - 1963
  • Death Had Two Sons - 1967
  • Three Weeks In The Fall - 1979


Non-fiction

  • The Promised Land: Memoirs of Shmuel Dayan (editor
    Editing

    Editing is the process of preparing language, s, sound, video, or film through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications in various media....
    ) - 1961
  • Israel Journal: June 1967 (also known as A Soldier's Diary) - 1967
  • My Father, His Daughter - 1985


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